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Uttarakhand CM Dhami says strong cooperatives, M-PACS can strengthen rural economy
Reported by The Times of India.
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- LGD code
- 46628
- Pincode
- 246285
- Post office
- Thalisain
- Population
- 708
- Households
- 128
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1133 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 241
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 117 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 242 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ramnagar · 63 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Deghat Governnment Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Riksal compares
By population, Riksal ranks #5 of 114 villages in Thailisain mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.4%
+2.2% vs mandal average
- Riksal
- 64.4%
- Thailisain mandal
- 62.2%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,133
−11 vs mandal average
- Riksal
- 1,133
- Thailisain mandal
- 1,144
Household size
people per home
5.5
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Riksal
- 5.5
- Thailisain mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Riksal at a glance
Riksal is a village of 708 people in 128 households (Census 2011) in Thailisain tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 5th-largest of 114 villages in Thailisain tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 2 points above the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 1,133 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 21 km from Sirauli, the nearest town, 63 km from Ramnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246285, served by Thalisain post office; the LGD village code is 46628. The nearest hospital or health centre is Deghat Governnment Hospital, 7 km away. The village votes in Srinagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 835 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Riksal
- LGD code
- 46628
- Pincode
- 246285
- Post office
- Thalisain
- Population (Census 2011)
- 708
- Population (projected 2026)
- 835
- Households
- 128
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1133
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Coordinates
- 29.95153°N, 79.17883°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Srinagar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Thailisain
Getting there
How to reach Riksal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun117 kmcapital
- Delhi242 km
- Kolkata1229 km
- Mumbai1366 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRamnagar63 km
- Bus stopRatkot17 km
- Hospital / PHCDeghat Governnment Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankCanera Bank Rathkhaal Manila24 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry21 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station42 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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